Sitting of Monday, 17 March 2025
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Order of business
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- 1 Opening Speaker's Announcements and Ministerial Special Mentions 3 speeches
- 2 Committee report Ministerial Consultative Committee Reports 1 speeches
- 3 Petitions Petitions Presentation 3 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Answers to Questions (Q.504/2025, Q.510/2025, Q.483/2025, Q.493/2025) 16 speeches
- 5 Procedural Sectoral Oversight Committees Appointment Motion 2 speeches
- 6 Debate Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Debate on Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs and Ministry of Environment 103 speeches
- 7 Procedural Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Amendments 8 speeches
- Mr. Presiding Member
AI summary The Presiding Member announced the allocation for the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs during the budget proceedings. The proposed expenditure was stated as Rs. 8.3 billion for recurrent spending and Rs. 5.425 billion for capital spending.
Public Finance Full speech → - Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi JJB
AI summary At the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill 2025, an amendment was moved on behalf of the Minister of Finance relating to the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs. The amendment proposes substituting the recurrent expenditure allocation on page 9, line 14 with Rs. 8,600,000,000.
Public Finance Full speech → - Mr. Presiding Member
AI summary The Presiding Member sought the Committee’s agreement on the matter under consideration. This was a procedural intervention rather than a substantive policy speech.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. Members
AI summary Parliament agreed to insert increased recurrent expenditure of Rs. 8.6 billion into the Schedule and approved the relevant recurrent expenditure as amended. It also approved allocations under Head 101, including Rs. 640 million for Programme 01 recurrent expenditure, Rs. 109 million for Programme 01 capital expenditure, and noted Programme 02 allocations of Rs. 1.35 billion recurrent and Rs. 2.076 billion capital expenditure.
Public Finance Full speech → - Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi JJB
AI summary At the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill 2025, Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi moved an amendment relating to Head 101, Programme 02. The statement was procedural and did not include substantive argument or details of the proposed change.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Mr. Presiding Member
AI summary The Presiding Member sought the Committee’s agreement on the matter before it.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. Members
AI summary The Committee agreed to amend Head 101, Programme 02 by increasing recurrent expenditure to Rs. 1,650,000,000, incorporating Rs. 300,000,000 under Budget Proposal No. 37, while approving capital expenditure of Rs. 2,076,000,000. It also approved the listed recurrent and capital allocations for departments under religious, cultural, archaeological, museum, archives, and environment-related heads, including the Ministry of Environment and associated departments, to stand part of the Schedule.
- The Hon. Presiding Member procedural
- 8 Procedural Galle Heritage Foundation Annual Report Motion 1 speeches
- 9 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Necessity of Drafting a New Constitution 11 speeches